How Bark Air Is Transforming Travel With Dogs Amid the Booming Pet Economy

Photo caption: Pet care product brand Bark spotted an unfilled need in the marketplace: making air travel enjoyable, not traumatic, for dogs. It launched Bark Air, offering personalized travel for pups. Photo credit: Bark Air. Article by  Deborah Lynn Blumberg. CO by US Chamber of Commerce – November 17, 2025.

Over the last 11 years, pet products brand Bark has delivered customized toy and treat subscription boxes to pets, created personalized nutrition and meal plans, and landed its toys and treats in more than 33,000 stores, including Target. Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Matt Meeker, who built Bark into a $102.9 million business in 13 years, however, saw a lingering gap in pet care that was also personal: He wanted to travel long distances with his Great Dane Hugo, but he wouldn’t subject his best friend to a cold, noisy cargo hold in the belly of an airplane. […]

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